Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes named NFL MVP ahead of Super Bowl

• Mahomes earns second career NFL MVP trophy at NFL Honors
• Damar Hamlin joins medical staff that saved his life on stage

Patrick Mahomes dominated the voting for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award. Now, he'll try to break the MVP curse.

Mahomes, who also won in 2018, easily outdistanced Jalen Hurts, receiving 48 of 50 first-place votes from a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league. He earned 490 points to 193 for Hurts, who got one first-place vote, 26 seconds, 11 thirds and 10 fourths.